10 killed, 40 injured as two buses collide

Atleast ten passengers were killed and 40 others seriously injured when two tourist buses collided on a highway today near Sharm el-Sheikh, medical officials said.

Ten people were killed in the accident 50 km near Sharm el-Sheikh. The number of dead is suppose to increase, said Mohamed Lashin, Health Ministry Undersecretary in South Sinai.

Egypt has one of the world's highest traffic accident rates due to careless driving, road and vehicle conditions which leads to death and injury of thousands every year.

A recent report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said there were 15,578 car accidents in Egypt in 2013, up 0.4 per cent from the year before, which claimed the lives of 6,716 people and injured 22,411 others.